An alleged drug supplier of Haslington, East Berbice, Corentyne, who was nabbed during a Police chase in his failed attempt to scale a neighbour’s fence and busted with a sizable portion of cannabis, was on Friday charged with narcotics trafficking and brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
According to the Police case, Andrew Reidley on April 6 at Third Street Haslington,
Berbice, was in possession of 3.332 kilograms of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. The court was told on Friday that Reidley is a 46-year-old weeder by trade and lives in the Haslington area, Berbice.
Reidley denied the allegations and related to the court that on the day of the incident, he in company of his brothers and several other acquaintances in the area, were engaged in imbibing alcohol when Police officials swooped down on them and began to conduct a search. He contended that after coming up empty handed, they then proceeded to raid the premises which turned out unfruitful as well.
The Police, he claimed, upon finding no illegal items then kick down the door of an abandoned dwelling house nearby, returning with a bag, the contents of which he had no knowledge of.
However, Prosecutor Moore in disclosing the Police’s version of the incident told the court that the man who was acting in a suspicious manner was spotted by a Policeman running away after he was seen. The fleeing man was chased by the ranks, who in his attempt to evade the officers, threw a bag over the fence of a neighbouring property and was captured as he tried to jump over same.
The bag was retrieved by the Police, which revealed several bulky plastic packages containing the substance suspected to be the illicit drug. The matter was transferred to be heard at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on April 26, and Reidley will remain in remand until then.
